Alien Nation was a Sci-fi movie that prompted a subsequent tv
series which ran for one year. After that Alien Nation continued
on as a series of made for TV movies. Alien nation is a story of
the struggles for acceptance of an alien people known as the
newcomers. In many ways the alien nature of the newcomers masks
the true racial element which the saga speaks of. Alien Nation
was a series based on the creative genuis of Kenneth Johnson who
previously had created the succesful V TV Mini Series Saga. To
some Alien Nation was an attempt by Kenneth Johnson to continue
the V Saga and its story of persection and discrimination. Alien
Nation was famous for its campy humor and the creativity that
went behind the newcomer culture and physiology. Alien Nation
commented on everything from the racial divide, to sexuality, and
interracial marriages. In the end the work served more as a work
of social commentary than as a work of traditional Science
fiction with battles, monsters, and special effects.